Railway car structure



DCC- 19, 1933- w. 1. TANGERMAN RAILWAY CAR STRUCTURE Filed April 25.1932 OOO Patented Deo. 19, 1933 1,939,931

.,UNlT-Eo v'sTA'l'lsws PATENT: oFFlcE RAILWAY CAR STRUCTURE William J.Tangerman, Hammond, Ind., assignor to Union Metal vProducts Company,Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Delaware Y f Applioatioo Aprilzs, 1932.serial No. 607,325

Claims. (Cl. 105-406) The invention relates to railway cars and moremarginal portions -16-17 'in substantially a particularly to open topgondola or hopper cars single plane, which portions are connected to andthe object of the invention isA to increase the the corner posts 9, topstiiener 'I and oor 3, cubical capacity of the car without increasingrespectively. This makes a very simple pressing 5 the length, width orheight of the car and with for a metallic plate between reciprocatingdies. 60 practically no increase in Weight of the car. The bulgedcentral portion 13 is connected to Another object is to provide a Vcarof such the marginal portions by webs -21--22 which increased cubicalcapacity that will discharge are inclined so that the car will dischargeits the load of the car when dumped in a tipple. load when turned upsidedown (or nearly so) in l0 My nVenlOIl iS especially adopted t0 01d 0r anunloading machine or tipple, as it is called. 65 existing cars whereinit is necessary to remove The Slope 0f the upper inclined pol-tion 20 isand replace the Old end Wall 011 accclmt 0f cOI- preferably made lessthan the other inclined VIOSOII because, in Such cases, the COIIleI DOSportions so as to assure the car clearing its load. and end post areusually retained in the carand In the modiiication Shown in Figs, 4, 5and 6 "15 my mDIOVed end Wall may be punched With the lower part of thebulged portion 40 com- 70 120 car itself. The construction is alsoadaptable toV wherein Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

.35 The usual Stmemng members at* the tops of the respective side wallsand is secured thereto so holes registering with the holes in the oar soprises a web 42, which is substantially parallel that it isinterchangeable with the old end wall, to the 11001 44 and is Securedgheretm This thus my arrangement increases the cubical CBJ' arrangementfurther increases the cubical capacity of the car Without any alterationof the pacity of the can The member 46 forms a sup..

. port for the floor 44 and also a means for 75 new cars and to gondola,as well as hopper cars. attaching the end posts 48 In the drawlng In themodified form the middle 49 of the end Fles- 1 2 and 3 ShOW 2 tYPlCalrallway hODPef wall, is above tbe tope 5o of tbe side walls 52 and carlncorporanng my Improved constructlon slope downwardly therefrom to theopposite side walls 52. By this arrangement the loadin the 80 Vcar maybe heaped from end to end of the car. The upper margin 54 of theoutwardly bulged portion extends up into the part of the end wall abovethe side walls and preferably conand Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 ofFig. 1.

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 show a modied form, wherein Fig. 571s a section on line5--5 of Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 is a top plan view of Fig. 4.

B0 The drawing illustrates a standard hopper car having spaced apartside walls 2, a sloping iloor ging; sfalllauy to the contour of the top3 between the Yside walls and an end wall 4 ex- Th t f th d u b t ttending between the side walls from the floor to e upper pair o. e en.Wa .1s en o form the top of the side walls and connected thereto. aange 58 Whlch Increases m Wldth toward the 0r side (6) and end (7)walls, respectively are as t0.f0rm gusset-s and form a Very Stm uppershown. The end stiflener 7 projects outwardly {nargm 0.1 the end Wan'The outwardly pro* from the car so as not to retain part of theladlectmg mener 60 may be used Wnlch preferably ing when the Cal. isturned upside down i-n a conforms to the contour of the top of the end40 tipple. The comer post 9 forms a connection wall and is secured tothe side walls of the car. 95

between the side and end walls and extends The accompanying drawingillustrates the pre' downwardly to and is supported by the under..ferred form of the invention, though it is to Vbe frame of the Car' Theend post is Secured to understood the invention is not t0 the end Wall 4and also extends to the underthe exact details Of Construction Shown andde' 45 frame SQ as to support the fioor and end wa11 scribed, as it isobvious that various modica- 100 Invmy improvement the central portionof the tions thereof, within the scope of the claims, will end wall 4 isembossed or bulged outwardly, Occur to persons skilled in the art.

which central portion 13 is preferably in sub- I claim:

stantially the same plane as the outer part of 1. In an open top railwaycar having spacedV 95.0 the end stiifener 7, whereby the cubicalcapacity apart side walls, a lsloping floor between said of the car isincreased without increasing the walls, and an end wall extendingbetween the length of the car. Obviously neither the height side walls,the central portion of the end wall nor width has been affected by thisimproved between the side walls being bulged outwardly so construction.as to increase the cubical capacity of the car, the

555 The end wall 4 is preferably provided with lower part of said bulgedportion comprising 110 a web substantially parallel to and secured tosaid oor.

2. In an open toprailway car having spaced apart side walls, a oor, andan end wall extending between the side walls with a part thereof higherthan the side walls, the central portion of the end wall including saidpartV being bulged outwardly so as to increase the cubical capacity ofthe car. l

3. In an open top railway car having spaced apart side walls, a floor,and an end wall extending between the side walls with a part thereofhigher than the side walls, the central portion of the end wallincluding` said part being bulged outwardly so as to increase thecubical capacity of the car, the upper margin of said bulged portionsubstantially conforming to the top of the end wall.

4. In an open top railway car having spaced ing between the side wallswith a part thereof higher than the side walls, the central portion ofthe end wall including said part being bulged outwardly so as toincrease the cubical capacity of the car, the upper margin of the endwall provided with an inwardly projecting ange which increases in widthtoward the side walls and is secured thereto to form a stiffener for theupper part of the end wall.

5. In an open top railway car having spaced apart side walls, a slopingfloor between said walls, and an end wall extending between the sidewalls with a part thereof higher than the side walls, the centralportion of the end wall `being bulged outwardly so as to increase thecubical capacity of the car, the lower part of said bulged portioncomprising a web substantally parallel to and secured to said oor.

WILLIAM J. TANGER/MAN.

